One of the best-known projects of SANAA co-founder Ryue Nishizawa has been recreated inside London's Barbican as part of an exhibition about Japanese housing, along with a charred timber teahouse by Terunobu Fujimori. More about Full-size houses by Ryue Nishizawa and Terunobu Fujimori built inside Japanese House exhibition at Barbican
Positioned at the base of a dormant volcano on Japan's Hokkaido Island, this simple gabled holiday home by Florian Busch Architects is perfectly positioned for skiers. More about Stripped-back holiday chalet by Florian Busch is set at the foot of Mount Yōtei in Japan
Clusters of diagonal columns splay out like tree branches inside this house completed by Japanese architect Kensuke Watanabe in the seaside city Kamakura. More about Angular tree-like columns form structure of Kensuke Watanabe's Y-house
A steep wooden roof covers the staggered levels of this family house in the Japanese city of Fujieda by architect Yoshiyasu Mizuno, concealing its full scale from certain angles. More about Yoshiyasu Mizuno uses sharply angled roof to disguise scale of Terada House
Three L-shaped structures with wafer-thin edges wrap around concrete and glass walls at this house in the Japanese city of Shunan. More about Kubota Architect Atelier combines delicately tapered surfaces with sturdy concrete walls for FU House
A group of dormers are set into the sloping roof of this house in Tokushima by Japanese studio FujiwaraMuro Architects, enabling daylight to reach rooms raised above a protective grassy bank. More about Dormer windows protrude from mono-pitched roof of House in Tokushima
The staggered stack of boxes that form this family home in central Tokyo contain a set of spiralling, interconnected rooms. More about Tokyo home comprises cluster of protruding white boxes
The house Kenzo Tange designed for himself, a U-shaped residence by Toyo Ito and Atelier Bow-Wow's house-cum-studio are all on show as part of an exhibition about Japan's post-war houses at the MAXXI museum in Rome. More about Japanese houses by Kenzo Tange, Toyo Ito and Atelier Bow-Wow showcased in MAXXI exhibition
This holiday home by Japanese studios Taku Sakaushi Architects and OFDA has a tapered form that broadens towards a garden, but narrows where it meets a road, creating a secluded getaway in Karuizawa. More about "Megaphone-shaped" holiday home in Japan prioritises garden views
This beachside house on Japan's Ikema Island is perched on a concrete base to ensure the living spaces inside enjoy an optimal view of the East China Sea. More about 1100 Architect elevates concrete house above a bluff on a tiny Japanese island
A concrete staircase spirals between the austere concrete floors of this house designed by Kazunori Fujimoto Architect & Associates for a seaside spot in Japan's Hiroshima Prefecture. More about Chunky concrete staircase spirals through House in Akitsu by Kazunori Fujimoto
Tokyo-based studio Do Do has designed this house and studio for a graphic designer and his wife, and created a special elevated pathway for their pet cat. More about Graphic designer's home and studio in Tokyo includes cat walkway
TT Architects has converted an old furniture factory in the Japanese city of Okayama into a cedar-and steel-clad home for a carpenter and his family. More about TT Architects transforms furniture factory into family home in Japan
A roof terrace, balconies and an external staircase maximise outdoor space for this overlooked house in Tokyo designed by Japanese studio Front Office. More about Elevated terraces create outdoor space for land-locked house in Tokyo by Front Office
This 120-year-old Kyoto townhouse was once used as a seed plantation, but has been carefully restored to create an events venue that celebrates Japanese interior design traditions. More about Events space opens inside revamped century-old machiya house in Kyoto
A multi-layered facade creates extra privacy for the residents of this Tokyo house designed by local firm Satoru Hirota Architects (+ slideshow). More about Tokyo house designed by Satoru Hirota Architects to offer residents maximum privacy
The corner appears to have been chopped off this house in Japanese city Oita, revealing a tree growing behind the building's walls (+ slideshow). More about Kenta Eto completes house with sliced-away corner in Japan
Japanese studio CAPD has used large wooden boxes to created rooms and mezzanine floors within a house in Tokushima Prefecture (+ slideshow). More about Wooden boxes define rooms and mezzanines in Loft House by CAPD
A pointy wooden roof tops this concrete house in Tokyo, which led Apollo Architects & Associates to name the building Hat. More about Apollo Architects completes earthquake-resistant house with a hat-like roof
Japanese design brand Muji has revealed the prototype for its latest prefab house, which it will test by having a competition winner move in rent-free for two years (+ movie). More about Muji to test prefab house by letting a competition winner live in it for free